'What we need now is the Lorax': IBM sustainability chief Wayne Balta on mining data for environment and the rise of greenwash

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The IBM research battery lab in Almaden, Silicon Valley  | Credit: IBM
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The IBM research battery lab in Almaden, Silicon Valley | Credit: IBM

IBM's vice president of corporate environmental affairs sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the tech giant's sustainability agenda

IBM Corporation's sustainability lead Wayne Balta has been hooked by the corporate environmental agenda since the late 1980s, when as a relatively junior staff member he was tasked with researching the...

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